52 Relatives: 2nd Great-GrandAunt Abigail (Seaver) Monroe (1817-1899) of Massachusetts

 Abigail Seaver was born on 7 August 1817 in Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[1–2], daughter and first child of Benjamin Seaver and Abigail Gates. She died on 21 February 1899 at the age of 81 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[3] She was buried after 21 February 1899 at Crystal Lake Cemetery in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[4]  

Abigail Seaver and Samuel A. Monroe were married on 21 Mar 1839 in Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[5]

 Samuel A. Monroe, son of Ebenezer Monroe and Mary Sargent, was born on 12 September 1810 in Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[6] He died on 23 September 1875 at the age of 65 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[7] He was buried after 23 September 1875 at Crystal Lake Cemetery in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[8]

Samuel A. Monroe and Abigail Seaver had the following children:

• Samuel Washburn Monroe was born on 25 December 1840 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[9] He died on 28 August 1873 at the age of 32 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[10] He was buried after 23 August 1873 at Crystal Lake Cemetery in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[10] 
• Edward Watson Munroe was born on 4 November 1846 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[11] He died on 14 July 1875 at the age of 28 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[12] He was buried after 14 July 1875 at Crystal Lake Cemetery in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[12]

SOURCES:

1. Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester, Mass.: F.P. Rice, 1908), Births, page 83: Abigail Sever birth entry.

2. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), "Westminster Births, marriages and deaths", page 246 (penned), image 223, Family of Benjamin and Abigail Sever.

3. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," imaged,  New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (https://www.AmericanAncestors.org), Abigail Seaver death entry.

4. Find A Grave, imaged,  (https://www.findagrave.com), Crystal Lake Cemetery, Gardner, Mass., Abigail Seaver Munroe memorial #95096659.

5. Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Marriages, page 186: Abigail Seaver and Samuel A. Monroe marriage entry.

6. Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Births, page 66: Samuel A. Monroe, in Ashburnham birth entry.

7. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," imaged, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors,  (https://www.AmericanAncestors.org), Deaths: Volume 276, Page 378, Samuel A. Monroe death entry.

8. Find A Grave, imaged,  (https://www.findagrave.com), Crystal Lake Cemetery, Gardner, Mass., Samuel A. Munroe memorial #82023181.

9. Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Gardner, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Worcester, Mass. :  Franklin P. Rice, 1907), Samuel Washburn Monroe birth entry.

10. Find A Grave, imaged,  (https://www.findagrave.com), Crystal Lake Cemetery, Gardner, Mass., Samuel Washburn Munroe memorial #81759715.

11. Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Gardner, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Edward Watson Munroe birth entry.

12. Find A Grave, imaged,  (https://www.findagrave.com), Crystal Lake Cemetery, Gardner, Mass., Edward Watson Munroe memorial #81894800.

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Abigail (Seaver) Monroe (1817-1899) is my 2nd great-grandaunt and the sister of my 2nd great-grandfather, Isaac Seaver (1823-1901).  She lost one son in 1873, and her husband and her second son in 1875.  

I have posted over 500 genealogical sketches of  my ancestors back through the 7th great-grandparents and a number of close relatives - see the list in 52 Ancestors/Relatives Biographies.  

The "52 Relatives" theme is a weekly series to document the lives of siblings of my ancestors with relatively short genealogical sketches, including important events, and with source citations.  These relatives lived and died within a family structure, and deserve a genealogical sketch - they were integral parts and important persons in the lives of my ancestral families.  I will post the sketches on the 52 Ancestors/Relatives Biographies. and my Ancestry Member Tree, in WikiTree, and in the FamilySearch Family Tree. 

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